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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1912
Page
6
An ad praises Ayer's Hair Vigor as a remedy for hair fullness and growth while noting it does not color the hair. It urges readers to show its ingredient list to their doctor for evaluation and emphasizes trust in medical opinion.
The Chicago Stock Show runs November 30 to December 7 at Union Stockyards Chicago. Entries are up and stock quality rises, drawing keen interest from farmers breeders and feeders. The International Live Stock Exposition began modestly twelve years ago and now shapes standards and prices for the industry guiding breeders and sellers to the best types and quickest gains.
An elderly Connecticut man offers simple life tips for longevity including temperance, patience, outdoor exercise, and cheerfulness. The ad promotes Vinol a tonic claimed to build strength for the aged with liver extract and iron, endorsed by Mrs. Mary Ivey of Columbus Georgia and Sexton Brothers Druggists who promise a money back guarantee if it fails.
A local shop clerk fields a joke about Toulouse geese while an observant customer hints at a plan to stop their nighttime noise. A reader asks about ear piercing methods, with cheeky guidance on doing it at home using family help and warning not to blame a baby for pierced ears.
A humorous, gossip filled reminiscence on Limburger cheese and social quirks. The tale riffs on jokes about Limburger, a girl tasting the cheese with distraction, a sign reading Mild Limburger, and a Western beard prank. The narrator ends with a caution about growing a beard and carrying ID.
Miss Wright of Milwaukee addressed the school on woman suffrage for fifteen minutes Thursday morning. Friday afternoon the Senior class elected officers: President Melvin Biche, Vice-President Pat Wright, Treasurer Mable Vechulst, Secretary Inez Nall. The Carroll College Quartet will perform in Marshfield on Tuesday, Nov 12, at the High School Auditorium, admission 35 cents for adults 25 cents for students. A straw vote showed Wilson 129, Taft 38, Roosevelt 18 for president. McGovern 110, Karel 77 for governor. suffrage amendment support 108 total with 33 boys and 33 girls voting. Parnas Aus Literary Society held a Friday meeting with 15 new members. straw vote 61 total with Wilson 30, Taft 15, Roosevelt 11, Bryan 5. The program featured music solos, debate on trust plank in party platforms, and sketches of political candidates.
A party of youths tried to steal a metal bath-tub left under an eagle-spout near a prominent resident. The owner, an accomplished sprinter, pursued them and caused a collision with the tub. The thiefs scattered, while the owner suffered laundry bruises but recovered the item.
Obas Fletcher signs Cabitoria, a fragrance in use for over thirty years under the label The Kind You Have Always Bought, continuing its longstanding branding.
Stevens Point newspaper notes Maria Sweeney Anderson a well known local figure now abroad from LaCrosse dispatches. It recalls her 13 year North Dakota residence and a Minneapolis custody case where her 12 year old son was placed in a Minnesota home for mentally deficient children. She vows revenge and threats to smash windows if she returns to Minneapolis.
Coy Elba Payne longtime Marshfield settler died last Thursday after a long illness from diabetes and complications. Born in Poggin Wisconsin he was 41. He came to Marshfield at age nine and later married Mamie Fabl of Grand Rapids. A logging road accident caused skull fracture and lasting insanity leading to asylum care near Wansan where he died. Survived by widow three daughters Esther Silas and Lucinda aged 84 mother and siblings in Omro Laons and Marshfield. Out of town mourners included Mrs. Edw Fall Grand Rapids and Mrs Florence Hebert Manitowoc.
Tuesday night last week the Unity Minnesota post office was blown open, stamps and about fifty dollars in cash stolen. A horse and buggy were taken from O B Matteson. Sheriff Frank O Connor led a state wide search with a description of the robbers. The act occurred between midnight and 2 am, with losses estimated at fifty dollars in cash and about one hundred dollars in stamps.
At Junction City about midnight Tuesday two men stealing a ride on Soo Line freight No. 23 attacked the depot with beer bottles and stones. A bottle shattered a window above the operator, narrowly missing him. Railroad policeman Charles Boyington arrested one suspect, Stanislaus Wayerski, of Junction City, but the other assailant could not be identified due to unclear memory.
An irritable fault finding disposition is linked to a disordered stomach. A man with good digestion is usually good natured. Many havebeen cured of stomach trouble by Chamberlains Tablets. For sale by all dealers.
Two women chat on a corner last Monday morning debating sociability and neighborly love. One misreads a plan for a visit as a jab at the husband and society, prompting a startled vow to avoid further nagging or “being bugged to death.”
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